Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is interviewed in a hallway outside his office at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Arkansas House votes down compromise Medicaid plan

Andrew DeMillo · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

By gutting an old-age entitlement program, Democrats destroyed one of their best evergreen election-year pitches to older voters â that Republicans just want to gut old-age entitlement programs. (Thinkstock)

Obamacare took Mediscare out of the Democrats’ playbook

David Freddoso · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

Arkansas lawmakers pans Va. Medicaid plan

Arkansas lawmakers pans Va. Medicaid plan

Alan Suderman · February 18, 2014 9:44 pm

Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King, an Independence Republican. (AP/John Hanna)

Kansas Medicaid expansion urged; GOP not budging

John Hanna · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. John Burris, R-Harrison, listens to proceedings in the House chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Earlier Thursday the Joint Budget Committee advanced a funding bill supported by Burris for the state's compromise Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Arkansas lawmakers considering ‘private option’ bill

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

New Hampshire is one of six states still undecided on whether to expand Medicaid as part of the federal health care overhaul. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Hearing set to consider expanding Medicaid in New Hampshire

Associated Press · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

Maine Gov. Paul LePage gestures as he delivers his State of the State address to the Democratic-controlled Legislature on Feb. 4 at the Statehouse in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Joel Page)

Maine governor: Medicaid ‘cannibalizing’ department funds

Associated Press · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama said Friday,ÃÂ "We now have well over 3.5 million people who have signed up and are getting insurance through the marketplaces for the first time. That does not count the close to 7 million folks who have signed up for Medicaid because of the law that you passed."ÃÂ (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Obama touts inflated Obamacare enrollment numbers

Philip Klein · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had been seeking a waiver of $10 billion since 2012, said in a statement that an "agreement in principle" had been reached. The agreement with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius still has to be finalized.

NY officials: Agreement for $8 billion Medicaid waiver

Michael Virtanen · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

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Getting a grip on the realities of the federal budget

Scott Rasmussen · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

A political action committee on Wednesday announced a new television ad airing around Arkansas targeting Republican Senate hopeful Tom Cotton on Medicare and the Farm Bill. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

New TV ad targets Tom Cotton on farm bill, Medicare

Washington Examiner · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has released a five-year plan to restructure Illinois' Medicaid program. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Pat Quinn unveils $5.2 billion Medicaid waiver plan for Illinois

Associated Press · February 12, 2014 5:00 am